Balderdash, we don’t know any of that. It is an invented story that the Reformers concocted to justify their sins of schism and heresy.
Notice one thing Calvin apparently didn’t mention in his treatise on relics? The handkerchiefs of St. Paul from Acts 19:12. And if you read his first chapters you will notice they are heavy on declarations of opinion, not so heavy on quotations to back his arguments up.
Remember, Tertullian scoffed at incense and birthdays because they were pagan. St. Monica was told that bringing food to the dead was superstitious and so she stopped doing it. This was a hot-button issue.
And then some unnamed persons at some vague undefined time introduce *idolatrous worship* into the Church across the whole world.....and no one notices? No one objects? It just slides gently under the radar and fools everyone around the world...for 1000 years?
Yep. It happened before John died.
Revelation 2:14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.
And it's still part of the Catholic Church.